ROME - At least 1 in 5 people could not afford science's 'ideal diet' designed to feed 10 billion people without hurting the planet, according to a study published on Friday.
It recommended people double their intake of nuts, fruit, vegetables and legumes, and eat half as much meat and sugar to prevent millions of early deaths, cut greenhouse gas emissions and preserve land, water and biodiversity. Agriculture, forestry and other land use accounted for 23 percent of total net man-made greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 to 2016, soaring to 37 percent when pre- and post-production activity were factored in, according to the United Nations.
This amounts to nearly 90 percent of a household's daily per capita income in poorer countries, pushing the regime beyond reach for nearly 1.6 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, they said in a paper in The Lancet Global Health.
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